Texas Repub­li­can Under House Ethics Inves­ti­ga­tion; Con­gress­man Responds

Rep. Troy Nehls (R‑TX) is the tar­get of a new­ly revealed inves­ti­ga­tion run by the House Ethics Com­mit­tee.
The pan­el said on Tues­day that Chair­man Michael Guest (R‑MS) and rank­ing mem­ber Susan Wild (D‑PA) “joint­ly decid­ed to extend the mat­ter” regard­ing Nehls after it was trans­mit­ted to the com­mit­tee by the Office of Con­gres­sion­al Ethics on Decem­ber 11.
A rea­son for the inquiry was not giv­en, but Nehls released a state­ment that said the inves­ti­ga­tion was focused on cam­paign finance.
“I look for­ward to assist­ing the House Com­mit­tee on Ethics inquiry into my campaign’s finances,” he said. “My cam­paign has com­plied with every Fed­er­al Elec­tion Com­mis­sion (FEC) law, and my …